There's still time to avoid the fiscal cliff

10:53 PM,
Oct. 20, 2012

Written by

Ram Charan

Why should 300 million Americans allow a handful of elected politicians - the president, Senate majority and minority leaders, speaker of the House, and a few committee chiefs - to march us over the fiscal cliff as if it were inevitable?

By cementing their positions, warring factions in Washington have created the gridlock that is pushing us toward draconian tax increases and spending cuts that will set the economy back for years and, quite likely, put us in a recession. Along with a budget and trade deficit, America is suffering from a leadership deficit just at a time when we can least afford ...